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The film ends up feeling like an Everest edition of Planet Earth. The post ‘Tenzing’ Review: Jennifer Peedom’s Hagiographic Portrait of a Mountaineering Legend appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is textured in how it balances the humor and tragedy embedded in Austen’s text. The post ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Review: Georgia Oakley’s Naturalistic Adaptation of a Jane Austen Classic appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Isabelle Stever’s drama is marked by a granular attention to everyday life in a time of upheaval. The post ‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ Review: A Moving Portrait of Living One’s Truth During Wartime appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This novelistic character study of a child prodigy grown up is suitably symphonic in structure. The post ‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Anchors Tony Gilroy’s Intimate Symphony of Memory appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Sadly, Misty’s story amounts to little more than “women be trippin’ in Hollywood.” The post ‘Misty Green’ Review: Chris Rock’s Unfocused, Unempathetic Take on Hollywood’s Ills appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Heil Jupiter! tosses viewers into a series of briny tempests without a life preserver. The post ‘Heil Jupiter!’ Review: Carlos Reygadas’s Transgressive Vision of a World Unmoored appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Nasser Bakhshi mostly comes off as a dull egotist with too much time and money on his hands. The post Review: ‘I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Verity is a slightly twisted yet ultimately muted romance containing neither thrills nor passion. The post ‘Verity’ Review: Michael Showalter’s Colleen Hoover Adaptation Is All Setup, No Payoff appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The short feels one conspicuous brand logo away from becoming a commercial. The post ‘Joy of Joys’ Review: Jonathan Glazer’s Unusually Saccharine Portrait of Childhood Obliviousness appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This cri de coeur against billionaire overlords mostly succeeds as a Tom Cruise ego stroke. The post ‘Digger’ Review: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Satire of Corporate Power Digs Its Own Grave appeared first on Slant Magazine.